MLB: Dallas Green, who managed Phillies to first title, dies at 82

PHILADELPHIA - Dallas Green, the tough-talking manager who guided the Philadelphia Phillies to their first World Series championship, died Wednesday. He was 82.

The Phillies said Green died at Hahnemann University Hospital in Philadelphia. He had been in poor health for a while.

Green spent 62 years in baseball as a player, manager, general manager, team president and other roles.

As a major league pitcher, Green went just 20-22 in the 1960s.

Instead, it was in the dugout where the gruff, 6-5 Green really found his voice - and a booming one it was.

In 1980, with all-time hits leader Pete Rose playing first base on a team that included future Hall of Famers Mike Schmidt and Steve Carlton, Green guided the Phillies to the World Series championship, ending a drought that stretched back nearly a century.

Green later managed the New York Yankees.

He also was the GM and president of the Chicago Cubs and made a shrewd trade to get a young infielder from the Phillies, future great Ryne Sandberg.

Twins' May has elbow surgery

Minnesota righthander Trevor May underwent Tommy John elbow surgery that will keep him off the mound this season.

The Twins said the replacement of May's torn ulnar collateral ligament was successful. May, 27, was transitioning back to starting, following a move to the bullpen halfway through the 2015 season.

Keirmaier's deal for $53.5 million

In signing Kevin Keir-maier to a $53.5 million, six-year deal, the Rays ensured the center fielder's salaries will stay relatively low in the first three years after he would have been eligible for free agency.

Keirmaier's deal includes a $1 million signing bonus payable within 10 days of the deal's approval by the commissioner's office and salaries of $3 million this year, $5.5 million in 2018 and $8 million in 2019.

His pay increases to $10 million in 2020, the last year before he would have been eligible for free agency, and goes up to $11.5 million in 2021 and $12 million in 2022.

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